Microsoft has confirmed it will hand over BitLocker encryption recovery keys to the FBI. You definitely should not be accepting Microsoft’s default of storing BitLocker keys in the cloud when signing into Windows with an MS account www.theverge.com/news/867244/...
Microsoft has confirmed it will hand over BitLocker encryption recovery keys to the FBI. You definitely should not be accepting Microsoft’s default of storing BitLocker keys in the cloud when signing into Windows with an MS account www.theverge.com/news/867244/...
BUT, if you’re protecting your data properly you would have used BitLocker for disk encryption and so you need to manually decrypt the disk with a BitLocker Recovery Key, which is probably - for most companies - stored digitally on one of the servers that is currently booting over and over 🫠
July 19, 2024 at 9:33 AM
BUT, if you’re protecting your data properly you would have used BitLocker for disk encryption and so you need to manually decrypt the disk with a BitLocker Recovery Key, which is probably - for most companies - stored digitally on one of the servers that is currently booting over and over 🫠
Plus: The FAA blocks drones over DHS operations, Microsoft admits it hands over Bitlocker encryption keys to the cops, and more. www.wired.com/story/securi...
Plus: The FAA blocks drones over DHS operations, Microsoft admits it hands over Bitlocker encryption keys to the cops, and more. www.wired.com/story/securi...
Das ist groß: Microsoft gibt BitLocker encryption keys an Behörden weiter , wenn der Konzern gefragt wird. Nicht ganz überraschend, aber nun offiziell www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...
Das ist groß: Microsoft gibt BitLocker encryption keys an Behörden weiter , wenn der Konzern gefragt wird. Nicht ganz überraschend, aber nun offiziell www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...
In rechtsstaatlichen Systemen gelten Hintertüren in IT-Systemen meist als kontrollierbares Risiko. In autoritären Systemen oder Diktaturen verschieben sich Fragen der Datensicherheit und des Datenschutzes abrupt und grundlegend.
In rechtsstaatlichen Systemen gelten Hintertüren in IT-Systemen meist als kontrollierbares Risiko. In autoritären Systemen oder Diktaturen verschieben sich Fragen der Datensicherheit und des Datenschutzes abrupt und grundlegend.
Do not store your Bitlocker encryption keys on Microsoft's servers if your threat model includes governments or law enforcement. As this article points out, this is the result of a design choice Microsoft made. It didn't have to be this way. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
Do not store your Bitlocker encryption keys on Microsoft's servers if your threat model includes governments or law enforcement. As this article points out, this is the result of a design choice Microsoft made. It didn't have to be this way. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
What is the default Bitlocker config better than? An unencrypted disk. What is the most likely alternative to the default Bitlocker config? An unencrypted disk
January 24, 2026 at 4:22 AM
What is the default Bitlocker config better than? An unencrypted disk. What is the most likely alternative to the default Bitlocker config? An unencrypted disk
y'know that thing where your computer is completely unresponsive so you force a reboot and it then demands your bitlocker key so you find it and enter it and then it does some diag thing but fails to connect to a network then shuts down and you power on again and it's normal?
that's my favorite
August 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
y'know that thing where your computer is completely unresponsive so you force a reboot and it then demands your bitlocker key so you find it and enter it and then it does some diag thing but fails to connect to a network then shuts down and you power on again and it's normal?
bitlocker being enabled in lots of computers it doesn't need to is a pain, lots of clients lost their data because they had no idea it had bitlocker so they didn't have the key, the computers locked themselves out and there just was no way to get it back when the users had no idea what that even was
August 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
bitlocker being enabled in lots of computers it doesn't need to is a pain, lots of clients lost their data because they had no idea it had bitlocker so they didn't have the key, the computers locked themselves out and there just was no way to get it back when the users had no idea what that even was